Where were you on 9/11?...

[rickford66]

46. Memphis Tenn

I was working on a flight simulator at the National Guard facility when one of the civilians told us to come down to the OPS room because a plane hit the WTC. He said there's a big screen TV there. Before we got there we heard about the second plane. Previously normal security got real tight and we even had trouble leaving later in the day. Automatic weapons pointed at us instead of the usual smile and hand waving. My niece lives in DC and her military boyfriend at the time worked in the Pentagon and while at home was on the phone with a co-worker and heard the crash over the phone. He was scheduled to be in that area later. It was very eerie having a quiet airport for three days after living with the constant roar of planes because we were working right under the approach path.